Chair, sofa, and similar furniture.



E. A. HOPSTATTER. CHAIR, SOFA, AND SIMILAR FURNITURE.

APPLICATION TILED NOV. 16, 1912.

Patented Oct. 20,1914.

ATTORNEYS THE NORRIS PETERS c0. PH H-L. WASHINGTON. I) C Furniture, of which the following is a full,

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. To all whom it may concern Be it known that "I, EDWIN A. HOFSTA TER, a, citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New -York, borough of Manhattan, in the, county and. State of New York, have invented new,:and useful Improvements in Chairs, Sofas, and Similar clear, and exact description. I i i The invention relates to furnitureand its object is toprovide certain new and useful 7 improvements in upholstered chairs, sofas and similar furniture,whereby an adjustable 'upholsteringslatffor the back frame is provided to enable the upholstererto raise or lower the said slat according to the nature of. the seat to be placed on the furniture- In order to accomplishthe desiredresult use is made of metallic brackets connecting the ends of the upholstering slat with the sides of theback frame, the brackets having flanges engaging saw-cuts or slotsin the inner faces of the sides of the back frame.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying. draw: ings forming a part ofthls s] 3ecificat1on, in

which similar characters ,of reference indi-,

cate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chair frame provided with the improvement; Fig; 2 is an enlarged front elevation of one of the brackets as applied; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 83 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a rear face view of one of the brackets; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the same;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modified form of the bracket as applied, part of the upholstering slat being shown in section;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan view of the same on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6; and Fig.8 is a perspective view of the bracket illustrated in 7 Figs. 6 and 7 p In upholster ng chairs, sofas and other si1n1lar furnlture it is necessary for the upholsterer to raise or lower the upholstering slat on the back frame of the chair accord ing to the nature of the seat for the particular piece of furniture. For instance, for a 7 chair to, be provided with an ordinary seat it is necessary to locate the upholstering slat higher up on the back frame than when a chair is to be provided with a cushioned seat. It is understood that. the location of the up holstering slat at different heights from the seat frame is owing to the different heights of cushioned or ordinary seats. Heretofore,

Specificaticnof Letters'Paten'tf Patented Oct, Application filed November 1c, 1912 Serial no. 731,744.

, the-upgholsterer siniply nailed the ends'of the upholstering slat to the sides of the back frame ade'sired distance above the seat frame,.but such fastening means are wholly insufficient and inadequate to stand-the strain to whichthe chair issubjected when in use. By the improvements presently to be described in detail the upholsterfing slat can be readilyand securelyattached to the sides of the backframe the desired distance above the seat frame.

Assh'own in Fig. 1, the upholstering slat H i A is connected at its ends by metallic brackets B with the sides C of the back frame of the chair. Each bracket-B is" formed from a single piece of sheet metal and consists of a plate B from which extend inwardly struck-upfianges B engaging theffront, top, rear and bottom of the corresponding end of the upholstering slat A so as to se curelyhold the bracket on the said slat, the I end of .which abuts against the plate 13'.

From the plate B, preferably'at themiddle thereof, extends outwardly a supporting flange B engag ng a saw-cutor a slot 0 fOr-niedin the inner face of the correspondlng side so thatthe brackets are supported on the "sides C and consequently the upholstering slat Ais held in place'between the sides. From the opposite sides of the plate B extend outwardly integral flanges-B213 i engag ng the front and rear of the side C;

so. as to hold the;bracketandconsequentiy the slat A against transverse ,movement on the corresponding side C. The bar or flange B extends in the plane of the plate Buntil the bracketsareplaced in'position on the sides G, andthen the flange B? is bent outwardly against the rearIo'f the side C, as

will be readily understood by reference to the full and'dotted lines indicated in Fig. 3.

It is understood that all the upholsterer has to do is to provide the saw-cuts C" the desired distance above the seat frame of the chair and then engage the brackets 13 with the ends of the upholstering slat A and push the brackets B in position on the sides C with the supporting flanges B engaging. the saw-cuts or slots G. As soon as the flanges B abut against the front faces of the sides C then the operator bends the rear flange B outwardly against the I back faces of the sides 0 and the slat A is now securely fastened'to the sides C by the use of the brackets B.

By reference to the drawings, it will be noticed that the flanges B, B prevent lateral movement of the brackets on the sides a single piece ofsheet metal havinga plate D from which extend struck-up lugs D adapted to be driven'into the end of the upholstering slat A so as to fasten the,

bracket to the corresponding end-oi the upholstering slat. The plate D is provided at its bottom with an outwardly-extending supporting flange D adapted to engage a sawcutor slot C in the inner face of the side C to support the bracket on the said side. The plate D is also provided at the sides with outwardlyextending flanges D D engaging the trout and rear of the corresponding side C of the chair. The flange D extends in the plane of the plate 1) until after the bracket is placed in osition on the sides 0, and then the said flange D is bent outwardly against the back of the side C, as will be readily understood by reference to the full and dotted lines in Fig. 7.

Although I have shown and described the brackets applied to upholstering slats for the sides and rear frame, it is evident that such upholstering slats may be connected by brackets with the side arms of the chair, or to other parts of a chair, sofa or similar piece of furniture. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent: i

1. A bracket of the character described, comprisinga plate having integral means for engaging one of the parts to be connected to secure the plate thereto, and formed with. a horizontal supportingflange adapted to enter a recess in the other part, and with side flanges projecting in the same direction as the supporting flange and adapted to engage the sides of the part with which the said supporting flange engages.

A bracket of the character described, comprising a rectangular plate formed with a supporting flange projecting from one face, side flanges attwo opposing sides of the plate and projecting from the same face as the supporting flange, and top, bottom, and side flanges projecting from the other faceof the plate.

3. A bracket of the character described, comprising a plate having a horizontal supporting flange projecting from one face at about the center thereof, flanges at two opposite sides of the plate and projecting in the same direction as thesupportingflange, and standing at right angles thereto and top, bottom, and side flanges projecting from the other face of the plate and adapted to embrace the end of a rail or the like.

4. A bracket of the character described, comprising a plate having flanges projecting from two opposite sides, flanges proj ecting from the other two sides of the plate and extending in the opposite direction to the first named flanges, flanges struck up from the second flanges and projecting in thesame direction as the first flanges, and a horizontal flange struck up from the plate at about the center thereof and projectingin the same, direction as the second flanges.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN A. HOFSTATTER.

lVitnesses i 'lnno. G. Hos'rnn, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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